A strange mix of oxygen found in a stony meteorite that exploded over Pueblito de Allende, Mexico nearly 40 years ago has puzzled scientists ever since. Small flecks of minerals lodged in the stone ...

The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was previously understood about the formation of planets and their solar systems. The discovery of a planet ...

Suvrath Mahadevan receives external funding from NSF, NASA, and the Heising-Simons Foundation, as well as research funding and support from Penn State. Guðmundur Kári Stefánsson receives funding from ...

A stunning eruption unleashed by the sun two years ago is providing clues about how stars form, scientists say. On June 7, 2011, the sun blasted out an enormous cloud of superheated plasma called a ...

July 15 (UPI) --A group of international researchers said Wednesday they witnessed some of the earliest stages of a planet beyond the Earth's sun beginning to form. The researchers from the United ...